PENNSYLVANIA
Tribune-Democrat
By Kathy Mellott
kmellott@tribdem.com | Posted: Tuesday, October 14, 2014
A Central City priest is charged with sex crimes involving children in Honduras, and attorneys expect a surge in allegations of kids in poorer countries suffering sexual exploitation.
Boston attorney Mitchell Garabedian said global child abuse is gaining more attention from law enforcement.
“We’re just now seeing what’s going on in the Third World,” Garabedian said. “The sexually abused victims in Third-World countries are just now coming forward.”
The Rev. Joseph Maurizio Jr. was arraigned Tuesday in Federal Court in Johnstown, accused of engaging in illicit conduct in foreign places and possessing material depicting sexual exploitation of a minor.
Garabedian is representing alleged victims of sexual abuse at the hands of former Bishop McCort Catholic High School teacher Brother Stephen Baker.
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